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Strauss - Four Last Songs

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Strauss - Four Last Songs

Strauss, R:

Four Last Songs

A year before his death in 1948, Richard Strauss composed his masterpiece, Four Last Songs, expressing a calm acceptance of the inevitability of his own death.

Brentano Lieder Op. 68 TrV 235

In contrast the six Brentano-Lieder are playful, incandescent and virtuosic settings of Clemens Brentano’s deeply romantic poems.

Ariadne auf Naxos (excerpts)

Ricarda Merbeth (soprano)

Weimar Staatskapelle, Michael Halász

Acclaimed Strauss star Ricarda Merbeth shines in these sublime masterpieces, as tender as they are haunting. “The star achievement is Ricarda Merbeth….. heavenly tone, all the notes and a strong emotional pulse.” The Financial Times on a recent performance in Toulouse

“Merbeth is supremely well prepared and on top of this repertoire, and the Weimar orchestra, cliché to say but true, have the sound of Strauss's music still in their blood.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - May 2008

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